Pentatonix - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video) | Reaction!

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[@margretrosenberg420]

The audio panning on "little high, little low" is a direct quote from Queen. If you listen to Queen's original you'll hear the same panning on the same phrase. Pentatonix loves Queen, and they love "Bohemian Rhapsody," so they always wanted to cover this song, but they feared that they couldn't do it justice, so they decided to wait until they were sure they were ready. That took them five years, but it was worth the wait - they were definitely ready. In the early days of Pentatonix, after Epic reneged on the recording contract Pentatonix had "won" on _The Sing-Off,_ Pentatonix started posting to KZbin; it was the only way they COULD publish their music. A lot of those early KZbin videos show the five of them sitting on a couch, with the trio on the back of the couch and Avi and Kevin on the seat in front of them, just five very young people singing their hearts out, making their dream come true. Note that this is the configuration we see them in at the beginning and end of "Bohemian Rhapsody," which is one reason the couch needs to move - it's taking Pentatonix (and us) on a trip down Memory Lane. The more important reason the couch moves is that it's standing in for the car in _Wayne's World,_ where Wayne and Garth introduced a whole new generation to the genius of Queen by putting a tape of "Bohemian Rhapsody" into the car's tape player. The couch was motorized, and not very well balanced. (Note that when they're sitting on it their feet don't quite reach the ground. The little curtain thing on the bottom was added to hide the motor.) It kept trying to tip over during the filming and actually managed to throw Kevin off at one point. There was a small platform attached to the back so that Kirstie could climb on the couch from behind - Scott, being a foot taller than Kirstie, didn't need it. When Mitch lies down on the couch, singing "Too late, My time has come," they're referring to Freddie Mercury's death (the foreshadowing was, of course, unintentional on Freddie's part; there's no way he could have known, thank goodness). The other four are walking next to the couch to serve as his pall bearers. Many people think the megaphone is distorting Mitch's voice to make him sound more like an electric guitar, but it actually has nothing to do with it. The megaphone wasn't turned on, and couldn't have distorted Mitch's voice even if it had been - it was just a megaphone. The electric guitar is all Mitch. Mitch happened to see the megaphone lying around on the set and thought it would make a cool prop, so it's been confusing people ever since. During the "Bismillah" argument, note that Scott, whose range includes both bass and tenor registers, is actually singing along with both the high and low sides of the argument. Scott has said that this rapid switching is the hardest part of the song for him. When the camera pans up to show us the starry night sky during Mitch's second guitar solo, it's meant as a tribute to Queen's lead guitarist, Brian May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics. The four shooting stars honor the four members of Queen. When the camera pans back down to show Pentatonix lying on the couch together it's meant to recall the cover art for Queen's "Sheer Heart Attack" album. And when this official video was first released, Brian May posted a link to it on all his social media accounts with the comment: "Enjoy."

[@bethphillips9693]

They just dropped a cover of Kiss From a Rose, live in studio - it's breathtaking -

[@jamesensley3906]

Brian May, the Queen guitarist, gave this video a nice shout out on his social media.

[@melissacoviello2886]

You won’t be disappointed with their live performances.

[@leeleduc9963]

The Hollywood Bowl 2022 live performance is incredible.

[@barbarakennedy2667]

It took PTX five years of work before they felt they were ready to presen this as a homage to Queen.

[@graceito973]

The megaphone is just a prop. Mitch doesn't use it when they perform this live!

[@Masq1980]

These guys are just flippin amazing alien unicorns! It took them 5 years to feel ready to do this song and to do it the justice that it deserves. They are all massive Queen fans. Brian May, lead guitarist from Queen, heard this song when it came out and posted a link to his socials with the one word comment 'Enjoy!' I feel like that is giving Queen's Seal of Approval right there! They also inserted a lot of references and easter eggs into this video in tribute to the original video - which by the way, if you haven't seen - you should probably check it out! Queen couldn't perform this song live because of all the layering they did in post! And not only can Pentatonix do this Live, but the Mitch Grassi Guitar has no need for a Megaphone. Mitch just saw it lying around the set and decided to use it to draw attention to who was doing the guitar solo part - the megaphone was not on, Mitch can do this live! The couch is in reference to their beginning videos where they recorded themselves on various of theirs couches to post onto KZbin after they were dropped by Sony because they didn't think that Acapella would be popular enough to sell records. It is also a tip of the hat to Wayne's World movie scene with the car and head banging to this song which brought in a whole new generation to Queen's music! The part where Mitch is laying on the couch is in reference to Freddie's death and the members walking alongside are his coffin's Pallbearers. A lot of the visuals in here are in tribute to the original video's trippy graphics; like when they all line up and do the 'oh, oh, oh's' one after the other, and also when they line up behind Kirstie standing on the couch only to fan out behind her with their vocal parts. The shot of the sky is in tribute to Dr. Brian May who is Queen's lead guitarist and also an astrophysicist! Each shooting star represents a member of Queen. When they all collapse onto the couch with the shot from above is a homage to the cover art of Queen's record 'Sheer Heart Attack' Also I am pretty sure, Mitch is a reincarnation of Freddie Mercury - one...he can grow the Freddie Stash and looks so much like Freddie that it is amazing the resemblance - two...he can sing just as high if not higher than Freddie could - and three...Freddie died 8 months before Mitch was born!

[@camillep3631]

The megaphone is a prop, Mitch does this live and it sounds EXACTLY like that

[@melissacoviello2886]

Definitely check out Kiss from a rose, live vevo version. You’ll be blown away.

[@carolcraig9008]

Babytonics. They are very young here which shows how talented they are. Catch the live version of Kiss from a Rose. Fantastic!

[@perrystevenson6364]

Pentatonix Bohemian Rhapsody Insights: So, some things to know about this cover and video: -It took PTX years to get the arrangement to where they felt they could do the original masterpiece justice. -The cover, and especially the video, was meant to be an homage to Queen. Some of the moments paying respect were: The mono-recording of the line "easy come, easy go" followed by the panning of the voices from left to right on the line "little high, little low" (which is how the original was recorded), obviously the flashlights being used to mimic the lighting on the operatic part of the original video, the four shooting stars to represent the four members of Queen, as well as acknowledge the fact that Dr. Brian May is an astrophysicist, and the overhead shot of them lying on the couch is to represent the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. -The megaphone was just a prop. It is not needed to reproduce the electric guitar distortion. -PTX can, and does, perform this live with no backing track...something even Queen and the Great Freddie Mercury could not do. -Freddy once said he didn't care what people did with his music as long as they "...don't make it boring, darling!", so I think he would absolutely approve. Also when Brian Mays heard it... he posted it on his web site with the word "ENJOY”. -The overall video--with the "living room" and couch--is an homage to Pentatonix's own journey as a group. They lost their record deal right after winning the Sing Off and moving to LA, so they started putting out videos on KZbin, performing covers. They would sit on the couch in Kevin (beatboxer) and Avi's (bass) living room and just record themselves on Mitch's (counter tenor who took the lead on this song) iPad. Some of their earliest videos went viral and they eventually were able to secure a new deal, record an EP, go on tour, release chart-topping albums and win three Grammy awards...so they moved out of the living room and down this new, unknown road. At the end of the day, though, they're still the same choir-nerds they've always been; just happy to sit together on a couch and sing.

[@ShinyElfriend]

The live performances are just as wonderful. You should check out their brand new live performance of their new cover of Kiss From a Rose. It dropped a couple days ago and it’s epic.

[@sheilatumpach2112]

There are two kinds of live versions. Live on stage in concert and a green room special performance for just a few people taped on a cellphone with absolutely no mics or equipment of any kind. Either way they sound just like the studio video.

[@ruth2141]

You'll find several live versions of this, recorded by fans at their concerts. My favorite live version is from last year's Hollywood Bowl concert, captured off the pay-per-view stream by a fan. They had a small choir for the concert, singing in the aisles, filling in extra vocal layers for some songs, including the "opera" section of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Here's the link -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6pgaalqsaoo5I

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

Brian May is actually Dr. Brian May. He is an astrophysicist. His PhD thesis a survey of radial velocities in the zodiacal dust cloud" was published in 2007 and is a popular astronomy book of the same name. He started his research in 1970 and then stopped to run around the world in this rock band named Queen. Maybe you've heard of them maybe you haven't I had to Google them. That's sarcasm. The megaphone in a prop. Mitch does not use it in the live performances. the voice you hear when they're looking at the stars is the same voice Mitch uses with the megaphone . The shot at the sky is homage to Brian May. Brian May was so impressed with the video that he posted it on all of his social media sites. The part where Mitch is lying down on the couch and Kevin and Avi are walking beside it are to represent the pallbearers carrying Freddie's coffin . The shot at the end when they're looking up at the sky always puzzled me because there are four shooting stars and I always wondered about that because there are 5 members in PTX. I read in a comment that it's an homage to Queen because there are 4 members in Queen. At least that's how I interpret the shooting stars. The moving couch pays homage to how they started. They worked on this song for five or six years to get it where it is right now. This is a link to a live version of Bohemian Rhapsody. I think it was filmed off of somebody's phone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWKzlp-Aft17irM There should be a video of them doing Bohemian Rhapsody from September 29th at the Hollywood Bowl. Check out PTX official.

[@davidphillips4476]

Crazy Talent!!

[@lisahood1389]

A good live experience is Popspring Live 2016. It’s 4 songs at a huge live concert. Great sound and a great idea of what they are like in a live settng

[@Masq1980]

I second this!

[@SonicReactsOfficial]

Thank you so much for the recommendation I really appreciate it! I would definitely be interested in checking that out. Is there any particular song/performance that you would recommend I watch from that concert? Thank you so much for all of your love and support. It really means a lot to me 🙂❤

[@Masq1980]

@@SonicReactsOfficialwatch the whole thing :) It's like..15 minutes long but it is SO worth it!

[@Contridiction-vp3fv]

If you want some live performances, look up Hollywood Bowl 2022, just those words, and there are probably 25 to 40 videos from that performance, some done by PTX so they are professional, others done by fan cam's, no so professional. but you can find a bunch of songs there, it has been one of the best concerts to get live video, that does not require government level software to make it watchable. Enjoyed this one as much as the last one, keep up the good work.

[@dianavisser9638]

Great reaction 😊

[@df5199]

Recommend their new live performance video of Kiss From A Rose.

[@charlottevan_8]

This behind-the-scenes video will show you the challenges the production company had in putting the music video together. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2nYmH2kfqySgs0

[@brianhenn9872]

❤👋

[@SonicReactsOfficial]

As always thank you so much for all of your love and support brother. You know how much it means to me 🙂🫂❤️

[@rachellephipps1361]

You should check out Avi Kaplans solo stuff so good. He just dropped a new single yesterday called "Healing" so beautiful give it a listen.

[@cocohol3513]

Yes, Avi's solo music is fantastic!

[@bethgooch6243]

Mitch Mercury!

[@normandtremblay5498]

Should do " Daft punk" live... to see for yourself that it sounds same as studio version and Remove your doubts of authenticity of craft👍.... make sure to check out " wizard of Ahhhs" 😊